Journeys Beyond the Surface

Mexico City, Mexico
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About Journeys Beyond the Surface
Custom private tours in Mexico City and Oaxaca. Since we only offer small private tours, our volume of reviews is low and this reduces our standing in TripAdvisor, but read a few and see the quality we offer! We give you a deeper understanding of Mexico's prehispanic, colonial and contemporary art and history. You can also include nearby cities, the Pyramids, markets and neighborhoods in your tour, safely exploring the city. Our guides are fluent in English, have academic-level knowledge while being warm and flexible hosts who will never take you to a commission store or ask for a tip.
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We are one of TripAdvisor's top providers of customized Mexico City historical tours, for the past 9 years. Here is a special option for TripAdvisor-booked tours. We accompany you into all sites, and provide in-depth explanation of history, art, anthropology in an engaging way and with insights into how this relates to current-day Mexico. Visit Chapultepec Park with Museo de Antropología, and Centro Histórico including prehispanic, colonial and contemporary sites.  We never waste your time on commission stores or restaurants. Transport from Chapultepec to Centro is with a nice city bus.

NOTE:  For tours with less than 48 hours notice we can't do instant confirmation, but we may be able to accomodate you anyways.  Write to us for confirmation!
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Maureen H wrote a review Mar 2020
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My parents and I booked a private tour with Journeys Beyond the Surface and everything was great. I would recommend this tour to anyone, especially if you would like everything taken care of! The owner, Mojdeh, was helpful in planning the tour and quickly answered all my questions. Our tour guide Sergio was extremely knowledgeable. He provided so much information about the history of Mexico and Mexico City. The tour at Teotihuacan was so amazing and we were so happy to have a private tour. We were able to move at our own pace. We climbed both pyramids and they are difficult, but it's worth it! You can certainly visit Teotihuacan on your own, but the guided visit is really special and you will gain so much from receiving the history from a knowledgeable source. We had a nice lunch and then returned to the city and stopped at the Basilica de Guadalupe. Again, Sergio was full of knowledge and gave us a nice overview. We were pretty tired and it was very hot in the afternoon so we did not see everything at the basilica, but we saw the highlights. It is an amazing place and you do not need to be religious to enough the experience. I will certainly book another tour with Journeys Beyond the Surface. Thank you!
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Date of experience: February 2020
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Nancy T wrote a review Mar 2020
Toronto, Canada2 contributions1 helpful vote
I did two one day tours with Journeys Beyond the Surface, one day in Mexico City and another to Teotihuacan. Both trips were guided by Alvaro and both were fantastic. The days were well organized around sites that I had indicated were of interest and yet there was flexibility built in. Alvaro was a wonderful guide. He had a seemingly infinite store of knowledge about various topics that always was presented in an interesting fashion. He and Mojdeh also offered suggestions on restaurants and activities for the rest of the time I was in Mexico City. I had a wonderful time throughout my stay and this was in considerable measure because of the assistance and guidance I received from Journeys beyond the Surface.
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Date of experience: February 2020
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Jheatley wrote a review Mar 2020
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My group and I had an excellent experience with Journeys Beyond the Surface. We booked an 8- hour private tour for four people. We had a guide and a private driver pick us up from our hotel. Booking with Mojdeh was a breeze. She is responsive, professional, and very pleasant to deal with. Our guide, David, was excellent. He was extremely knowledgeable and passionate about the history of Mexico. We were so impressed with him!
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Date of experience: March 2020
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Eric G wrote a review Mar 2020
Chicago, Illinois3 contributions
Late Feb 2020 - a friend and I booked a day trip to the Pierra Hedra butterfly sanctuary and booked it through Journeys Beyond the Surface. cannot recommend it enough. Our guide (sergio) was top notch and spoke perfect English. He translated the tour guide at the sanctuary and drove us around with no issues. We stopped at a waterfall and the town of valle de bravo as well which he toured us around in; but the butterflies were the highlight and an amazing natural tourism opportunity if you have time in Mexico. Well worth the cost!
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Date of experience: February 2020
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Allison S wrote a review Mar 2020
Saint Louis, Missouri6 contributions
Amazing experience with an all-day tour of Teotihuacan and the Rivera murals at the National Palace with our guide David. He was friendly, enthusiastic, funny and warm. As an anthropologist, he had outstanding knowledge about the Aztecs and other Mesoamerican cultures. One of the best tour experiences I've ever had around the world.
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Date of experience: February 2020
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